Scottish-American wills 1650-1900
Dobson, David1991
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Between 1650 and 1900 over 2000 Scots, resident in North America, chose to have their wills registered and confirmed in Scotland rather than in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which traditionally had jurisdiction in probate matters affecting British subjects who died overseas. Initially Scots overseas had their wills confirmed by the Commissariat Court of Edinburgh, though later this became a function of the Sheriff Court of Edinburgh. The records of both courts are now housed in the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh. This book is essentially an index to all such wills or more accuratelly an index to the testaments and inventories of those Scots-Americans who died and had their wills confirmed in Scotland prior to 1900
Main title:
Scottish-American wills 1650-1900 / David Dobson
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Imprint:
USA : Genealogical Publishing, 1991.
Collation:
137p. ; 22 cm
Dewey class:
929.341
Language:
English
BRN:
3425802